Plasmon-Plasmon Scattering Digital Logic

In this SBIR Phase I project, the principles of a novel (patented) plasmon-plasmon digital logic will be addressed with the goal of proving the concept. The concept has the potential for exhibiting digital logic functions with femto-second switching times and femto-Joule power dissipation, and is a strong t"beyond CMOS" candidate. In particular, the concept has the potential to implement the same function in one-quarter the area as CMOS, which suggests a greater equivalent device density than achievable with CMOS, leapfrogging Moore’s law. The concept exploits coherent quantum transport yet it operates at room temperature, and,its fabrication is totally compatible with available lithographic capabilities, hence, taking full advantage of established semiconductor manufacturing know how and infrastructure.

1. Transformational Communications Technology. 2. Systems optimized for energy efficiency (information bits per unit energy) 3. Technologies that address flexible, scalable digital/optical core processing topologies to support both RF and optical communications in a single terminal. 4. Nanoelectronics technologies to leapfrog Moore’s law 5. Ultra-Fast/Low-Power CPUs and GPUs..

1. Nanoelectronics technologies to leapfrog Moore’s law.. 2. Novel computer topologies. 3. Plasmonic nanosensors for THz communication and sensing for Internet of Things (IoT) applications 4. THz Electronics 5. Ultra-Fast/Low-Power CPUs and GPUs.

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